Hi, Let’s fix the process and better organise this critical review of the bylawsl. I do support the idea of a committee .
—Alain > On Sep 19, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Bope Domilongo Christian > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear CEO, > > [speaking as a member of the community] > > Following last week discussion on the accountability review and others points > raised by the community which was not in your original document, here my > response. > > > > 1. On the Accountability Review. > > This review is from an independent AFRINIC's accountability review which > identified areas need to be improved. Improving RIR accountability is very > important in this context of IANA stewardship transition where the community > will be exercising important role in the oversight of the IANA functions. > > So it is very crucial that the community gives this discussion the required > attention and the consensual approach is more needed. > > It will be unfortunate if we did not follow these important improvements due > to lack of consensus. > > 2. on the Process > > It was expected that the community discuss, express view and concern > thereafter the Leadership will do his best effort to build consensus. > Consensus here is strictly in the sense of RIR practices mean The Rough > Consensus Model [1]. > > Ideally, people shall be encourage to comment on the list for the sake of > archive and off list contribution should be discouraged and not accepted. > > That why some members of the community suggested the creation of a committee > to lead the process. > > > 3. On the discussion. > > Community has expressed views on each points. As expected there were > convergences and divergences. For example, points 3,4, 5 had active and > intensive discussions while reading may sound like profound disagreement. We > shall now entire to the consensus building mode by opening the disagreement > views and addressing one by one then we'll build ROUGH CONSENSUS. > > Another example, on point 11, there was no objection, but some suggestions > even propose more such as "Registered Members only MUST never amend the > bylaws, ..." and The proposed amendment should be published not less than 60 > days and not more than 90 days before, with the provisions for more members > to comment online and in any meeting held during the consultation period" > > 4. On the other points. > > Beyond the 12 points, some areas of improvements were suggested. > > For example, > https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2016-June/000350.html > <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2016-June/000350.html> > lists some of the points > > [1] https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/rir-accountability > <https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/rir-accountability> on section 1.4 > > > > Regards, > > Bope > > On 19 September 2016 at 17:03, Andrew Alston <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I agree with the sentiments as echoed by Boubakar below. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > From: Mike Silber <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Monday, 19 September 2016 at 10:39 > To: General Discussions of AFRINIC <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] Accountability assessment - bylaws changes > > > > > > On 18 Sep 2016, at 23:44, Boubakar Barry <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > … > > > > > We can of course think of advantages we can give to associate members to > acknowledge their commitment and support. But I would not support giving > voting rights to associate members. I would rather be for removing this > membership category instead. > > > > Boubakar +1 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Members-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss > <https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss> > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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